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I don't find him likeable at all and he brings every issue and story back to himself.
As a club chairman (he is great by the way) surely his own membership inform him a bit?

What were Offaly like v Tyrone?
Would they have any hope v Cavan?

Kildare will lose by 6+ in the last two games. Rumours doing the rounds that Alex Beirne is gone for the rest of the league.

Kidlare should have lost by more and Meath kinda shot on sight a bit more in the second half and missed a fair bit. There were also a few overloads they didn't use that could have ended in a goal.
A trend in Kildare is that our defenders are on the front foot and are being caught the wrong side on breaks and teams are streaming through.

Our half forwards are the same and Meath made hay, as did Derry. Meath are a different level to us and Kildare are going to go through a lot more pain before the end of the season.

To be honest we have some of the most low football IQ players in the country and fans will blame manager after manager for lads who can't or simply won't do the grunt work.

It was summed up when Rafferty blasted through Kirwan in the second half when the Kildare man was clearly in front. Kildare got a free but even with my biased eyes I could see it was just a hardy hoor wanting it more. His club is right on the border near the home place and I hear nothing only good things him as a sound lad. It was just one moment but I was annoyed to see the free as it feckin gave a pass on our lad.

Kildare are fecked and the worst thing is that the 'experienced' lads are the ones who drag down the standard.

Strongest bench all year for Kildare. So a lot more options.

It gives me a bit more hope, but only a bit...

It's odd as they are rights owners and yet they are treating GAA+ as any other outlet.
It may ge a case that they cant add more games as that package was not on the table for RTE or TG4.

Dirty Business is on Channel 4 player now. Drama based on the water and raw sewage scandals.

It is excellent, but it would enrage you.

Like it or not, we consume so much through a screen these days and in the depths of winter travelling one end of the country to the other is not great.

More filming also allows more social clips and highlights, etc. I think we will see a big change when the rights are up for renewal next year. GAA+ is really going to kick into gear.

Beirne is back anyway after suspension, but not sure re Feely. He went over to the sideline in the Derry match to tell them about his hamstring, but he didn't do the classic pull on the run. I'd hope he is right after missing Offaly.

The pitch is in bits to be honest, so it's hard to know how much of an issue it will be.

But as always with Kildare we never dictate the rules of engagement, so it depend on how Meath play. To be honest the older heads are the ones most guilty of silly mistakes.

There have been lads handing out flyers in Newbridge this year, and since St Conleth's re-opened there are Palestine/ Ceasfire Now flags at the back of the Kilcullen End terrace at a good few matches.

I know there is a lot of crossover with the BBC, RTÉ thread but GAA+ should bite the bullet and pick up any games that TG4 and RTÉ aren't showing and get the clips up that same day.
It's also not good enough in this day and age to wait for 3 days if TG4 are the ones assigned to the highlights to line up with linear TV.
You could have a cracker of a game on a Saturday and no-one gets to see a second of it until Sunday night at best.

I wasn't confident of Kildare (I never am!) going to Cavan but then Beirne and Feely are out and that's the brawn and the brains gone.
Cavan will beat Offaly and then Kildare need a win to stay up, and I just don't see them coming. Maybe Louth at home if they are already safe...

I could take losing by 3 to Derry in a serious content in the snow, but that sounded like the classic 'two bad teams' on Sunday...

Meath get a win tomorrow and themselves and Derry are in a great place.
Anything for Kildare secures Div 2.

It'll be tight from the bottom 2 up no matter.

There was a time when the GAA were less keen on TV as they wanted bums on seats, but with GAA+ and the other streamers run by or in conjunction with county boards they seem to be changing.

Clubber did most games in Kildare this year at all grades and still gate receipts were up 200k. Granted the new stadium allowed for a much better experience, but Clubber coverage built up a buzz and allowed neutrals to keep an eye on their group opponents.
It also allowed clips for social media and one of the local papers did a weekly vodcast and they had those clips too.

Not everything needs a full production with all the bells and whistles, but cameras there allow for greater promotion. YouTube is the way to go and they may as well do it themselves.
There was sleet and snow in Newbridge for Kildare v Derry and some people just wouldn't be fit to stay out in the elements. It was a mad game with heaps of incidents and the Derry fans esepcially were left with our local radio crew - who they rightly said are biased!

Gibson-Park had some game. Overall serious workrate and they were not taking a step back.

Just to kick this up again. The NFL and NHL are the second biggest competitions in the GAA and yet so much of it passes without a second of coverage.
Kildare were in Div 3 last year and I never expect much, but Div 2 as a whole is barely getting a look-in. Kids consume so much through screens and highlights, and  it's a massive issue.

How can Clubber rock up at every game all summer and then when it gets to this game you have one camera and 90 seconds of highlights and that's it. Even a very basic thing on GAA+ YouTube.

Kildare v Offaly was a Saturday and there wasn't a single clip until TG4's GAA 2026 did a decent package on Monday.

Everyone is raving about Barry McNulty's scoring for Leitrim but that seems to have come from a streamer or a local crew.

Look at this about Match of the Day...

Traditional linear viewing of the Saturday and Sunday evening highlights programmes had declined by 770,000 to 6.88 million average weekly views last month compared with December 2024 but MOTD has gained 1.52 million viewers by making highlight clips available on its website and app at 8pm on Saturdays for the first time.